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it's over

I was driving up our curvy back road towards home-sweet-home, when a mammoth tractor trailer driving in the opposite direction barreled down the skinny road towards me. The truck was clearly over the line, going too fast on a 30 mph road, and I thought we were going to crash head on in that instant. (Oh no, my poor Camaro!) My heart pounded, eyes got wider, but thankfully, the truck righted itself last minute and flew by. (Idiot!! Oops, did I just say that?)

Whew! Close one. Yet no harm done. I silently thanked the angels that all was well as I touched the silver angel wings hanging on the rear view mirror.

I was going to run home and tell my family! "I almost got hit! You should have seen this truck! He was going too fast! He was in my lane! I could have died! Yada yada yada." Yet, what was the point? It was over. So I decided, nah ... just let it go. The truck did not hit my car; it was a few seconds of something that never happened; and thankfully, I had driven on unscathed.

Over and over, we've heard the pretty Disney song from the movie Frozen ... "Let it go ... let it go." (Now you're singing it in your head, aren't you?)

But do we let go easily when something is over? No-no, we females tend to go on and on and on with senseless and meaningless details of nothing - whining, bantering, venting, complaining, nagging - when it actually might feel better if we just said 2 simple words as a reminder - IT'S OVER, nipped the litany of verbs and nouns in the bud, and moved on with our day. No verbal harm done.

Next time you're ready to make a mountain out of a molehill, think of how it might be easier to NOT. Instead, make a different decision. Say "it's over" and let it go.

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